She opened her eyes at the sound of her name and wished, not for the first time that morning, that she was anywhere else then that elevator, in that apartment building.
“Hey Mr James,” she said, doing her best to smile at the elderly teacher standing between the elevator doors. “Whatcha doin’ here?”
“I live here Felicity.” He continued to stand there, taking in the crumpled dress, smeared mascara and stilettos swinging from her left hand.
“Of course you do,” muttered Felicity, shifting uncomfortably and hearing the heels bang into the wall behind her. “Could you, um, press the button?”
Perfect title.
Thank you.
Caught out! It happens. Well told.
Thank you Patrick. 😀
Dear Carol,
Looks like Felicity made the best of a compromising situation. Nicely done.
shalom,
Rochelle
Thank you. 😀
How embarresment! 🙂
Excellent dialogue and I love the shoes swinging in her hand. Nice work!
Thank you very much. I was a little hesitant to add in the shoes but they seem to work.
the last sentence was brilliant.
Thank you very much. 😀
Really good, Carol, and very real. It would be even worse if he happened to have been her teacher as well as just being in the elevator at that time. 🙂
janet
well I did intend for her to been one of her teachers, but thank you for the comment and I glad you enjoyed it.
If you specified that in the story, I missed it even with several readings. But it works either way. It was a very realistic story and I could feel her embarrassment.
It’s just one of those things I had in my head, I was worried if I put something like “her teacher” it would suggest she was still in school and then I was running with words I didn’t have. *shrugs*
As you said, works either way.
How embarrassing is right! He’s probably a teacher she has had or has, and now he is going to push the button to let her escape. Wow – good piece and it would be embarrassing! Great job. Nan 🙂
Thank you very much for the comment. I’m glad you liked the piece.
Awkward ;-)Loved the way he is just standing there taking in the whole scene ,lol!Well,next time,she won’t be so careless as getting caught now,would she? :-)Great take on the prompt:-)
Thank you. 😀
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Good story with good dialogue. It could have been worse. She could have been a teacher who worked for the same school system as him. That would have “really” been embarassing.
I didn’t think of that, but yes, that would be worse. Nothing like seeing someone who’s caught you in an embarrassing position over and over again.